The first table below looks at the demand for SharePoint 2010 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SharePoint 2010 over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the Wales region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SharePoint 2010
Rank 36 52 -
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -
Contract jobs citing SharePoint 2010 7 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 1.639% 0.699% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 11.86% 3.478% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 0
Average daily rate £365 £475 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.15% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £346 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -44.44%
All Application Platforms
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
59 115 138
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 13.82% 20.10% 20.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 46 73
Average daily rate £350 £308 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.82% -5.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £206 £105 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 11
Average hourly rate £17.25 £20.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.75% -11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.85 £9.00 £10.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.65 £20.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
SharePoint 2010
UK

SharePoint 2010
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SharePoint 2010 across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Wales SharePoint 2010 Jobs Demand Trend

SharePoint 2010
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SharePoint 2010 across the Wales region.

Wales SharePoint 2010 Daily Rate Trend

SharePoint 2010
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SharePoint 2010 within the Wales region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South Wales +4 7 £365 -23.15%
SharePoint 2010
UK

SharePoint 2010
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing SharePoint 2010 also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SharePoint 2010.

1 9 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 8 (88.89%) Windows
3 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
4 6 (66.67%) SharePoint Server
4 6 (66.67%) MS Excel
4 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
5 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
6 3 (33.33%) HTML
6 3 (33.33%) CSS
7 2 (22.22%) Intranet
7 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
7 2 (22.22%) jQuery
7 2 (22.22%) InfoPath
7 2 (22.22%) Workflow
7 2 (22.22%) Scrum
8 1 (11.11%) Migration
8 1 (11.11%) Data Migration
8 1 (11.11%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (11.11%) RAD
8 1 (11.11%) XML
8 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
8 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification

SharePoint 2010
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing SharePoint 2010 also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SharePoint 2010. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (33.33%) HTML
1 3 (33.33%) CSS
2 2 (22.22%) jQuery
3 1 (11.11%) XML
Application Platforms
1 9 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (66.67%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (11.11%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 6 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (22.22%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Intranet
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Developer
1 4 (44.44%) SharePoint Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Intranet Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Integration Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) SharePoint Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) SharePoint Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) SharePoint Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Integration Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Administrator
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Workflow
1 2 (22.22%) Scrum
2 1 (11.11%) Migration
2 1 (11.11%) Data Migration
2 1 (11.11%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft